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Written by David Wolman
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Friday, 05 March 2010 08:00 |
No matter what defense Council Grove threw at the Central Heights girls’ basketball team during Tuesday’s Class 3A substate tournament quarterfinal, the Vikings seemed to have no problems working the ball against it.
Council Grove opened in a zone defense. Casey Droddy and Cecilia Wuertz took advantage of it by sinking some outside shots. When Council Grove switched to a man defense in the second quarter, the Viking posts took their turn knocking down shots. It just proved to be one of those nights when Central Heights attacked Council Grove’s defense well in a 60-31 home victory on Buddy Welch Court.
Wuertz registered seven of her 12 points in the second quarter, when the Vikings opened an 18-3 lead. Katelin Horstick then found her stroke as she scored nine of her team-high 15 points in the first half, leading to a 29-14 Viking lead at intermission.
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Written by David Wolman
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Friday, 05 March 2010 08:00 |
Several minutes following Central Heights’ 78-35 victory over Eureka on Monday on Buddy Welch court, Viking coach Rusty Cannady walked into the office of assistant coach/athletic director Doug North to talk about his team’s performance. Cannady couldn’t help but be tickled about their effort.
“I told him I haven’t seen us play with that much energy in a while,” Cannady said. “Hopefully, the kids the past couple of weeks were just eager to finally get to substate week.”
Prior to the season, one goal Cannady set for his squad was to not lose any of their final three games, a reference to the substate tournament, where three wins by one team equates to a berth in the Class 3A state tournament in Hutchinson.
One down, two to go.
An area of emphasis for Central Heights (17-4), the top seed in the substate tournament, was to attack Eureka’s defense.
And attack the Vikings did.
Sam Leach had the hot hand early. He not only attacked the middle of Eureka’s defense for a few shots, but also sank two 3s. That set off a chain reaction. Skye Mills also hit a perimeter shot. Then the Viking posts got involved as Russell Hampton, Cody Sluder and Adam Seyler took control down in the paint.
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Written by David Wolman
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Friday, 26 February 2010 08:00 |
The last time Central Heights faced Wellsville, Viking coach Rusty Cannady didn’t feel like his team attacked the Eagle zone defense very well. He felt his squad pushed the ball up the court OK, but instead of feeding the ball down low in the post to 6-foot-6-inch senior Russell Hampton and 6-foot sophomore Cody Sluder, they took too many perimeter shots and relied on Hampton and Sluder to collect long rebounds.
That was a point of emphasis in Cannady’s pregame speech prior to Tuesday’s rematch in Wellsville.
“I told the kids, ‘I don’t want you to wait for them to get back. I want you to get it up the court as quick as possible before their defense can set up,’” he said.
The Viking players heeded the words of their coach, and as a result, were able to get the ball down to Hampton, who had a big game with 17 points, leading Central Heights to a 63-54 victory.
“We knew we had a size advantage down low,” Cannady said. “He inserted himself a lot better Tuesday than recently. Many times when he grabbed it, I thought he was going to pop the ball. He played with a certain determination.”
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Written by David Wolman
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Friday, 26 February 2010 08:00 |
Last year, Wellsville ended Central Heights’ bid for a perfect run in Pioneer League girls’ basketball play. The Vikings wouldn’t be denied this time.
It certainly wasn’t pretty, but Central Heights found a way to cap off a perfect 10-0 run in league with a 37-29 road victory over the Eagles on Tuesday.
“We did not play to our potential, and Wellsville came ready to play,” Central Heights coach David Clayton said. “It was a grind the whole night, but we found a way to win.”
Viking post players Katelin Horstick and Marissa Cox did their parts to propel Central Heights to victory, scoring 14 and 12 points, respectively.
Central Heights (16-4) went just 3 of 10 from the free-throw line, but made up for that by shooting 46 percent (17 of 37) from the field, and as a result, led 14-12 after one quarter and 24-18 at halftime. Wellsville’s defense limited Central Heights to just four third-quarter points, but the Vikings used a 9-4 run in the fourth to pull away for the victory.
Substate tournament brackets were released Wednesday. Central Heights earned a No. 2 seed in next week’s 3A tournament and will play host to Council Grove (6-14) at 7 p.m. Monday. Burlington (19-1) is the top seed. Semifinals will take place Friday and the championship game Saturday, all in Eureka. |
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Written by David Wolman
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Friday, 19 February 2010 08:00 |
Central Heights first attacked Prairie View’s zone defense, then took apart the Buffalos with its press Tuesday in a 68-49 victory in La Cygne.
Prairie View and Central Heights played virtually even during the first quarter, with the Vikings hold a 13-11 after the stanza. Buffalo coach Tyler Applegate praised the efforts by his defense during the quarter.
“We played a very good first quarter,” he said. “Our defense was very good and if we had hit some inside shots, we would have been ahead. Our guards hit some threes and that was our only offense.”
Keaton Hines had a strong game offensively for the Buffalos, scoring a team-high 12 points. Jordan Kees added 11, Ryan Welker seven, Alex Watson six, Jay Hoyt five, Josh Grigsby four, Michael Fraser three and Logan Smith one.
“Keaton Hines played one of his better games,” Applegate said. “He was more patient on offense.”
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